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- ↑ Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982 . Harper and Row. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.
- ↑ Kauffman 1982, p. 344.
- ↑ "Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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